Development Associate

RiverSpring; New York (NY); On-site; USD 41,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plans

Paid time off

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

RiverSpring Living in Riverdale, NY is seeking a Development Associate to support our fundraising efforts. You will enter donations in Raiser’s Edge, manage donor records, and generate reports to ensure data accuracy.

This role will also assist with donor communications, acknowledgments, and event support. The ideal candidate has an Associate’s degree and at least two years in fundraising or related fields, with strong Excel and Word skills, and experience with donor databases.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree required; Bachelor’s preferred.
• Minimum 2 years in fundraising/development or related field.
• Experience with Raiser’s Edge or similar donor database preferred.
• Strong office and computer skills; Excel expertise required.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Enter all donations into the donor management system.
• Create and manage donor records and data updates.
• Run and verify reports; collaborate on data integrity checks.
• Prepare acknowledgments and receipts for donations.
• Support donor relations and calendar management for the department.

Skills

Donor relations

Data entry

Attention to detail

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Education

Associate’s degree

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Raiser’s Edge NXT

Excel

Word

Job description

Development Associate – Immediate Full Time Opportunity

Riverdale, NY

RiverSpring Living is seeking a Development Associate to join our dynamic team!

The RiverSpring Living campus is set on 32 acres overlooking the Hudson River, in Riverdale, New York.RiverSpring Living provides a full range of care solutions including nursing home care, managed long term care, assisted living programs, senior housing, rehabilitation services and specialized services such as elder abuse prevention and memory care.

Position Overview

The Development Associate provides crucial administrative support in all areas of the Development Department’s fundraising effort, primarily, gift processing, donor communications and relations, prospect research, report generation, event and campaign assistance, and managing the data in the Raiser’s Edge database, ensuring accuracy and completeness.

Primary Responsibilities

• Responsible for entering all donations into Raiser’s Edge (the Donor Management system

• Creates and manages constituent/donor records

• Inputs, updates, and manages data

• Conducts regular data integrity checks and performs necessary clean up to ensure overall accuracy

• Processes appropriately acknowledgements to donors and receipts of donations

• Assists with developing and managing internal policies and procedures to ensure data integrity

• In collaboration with the AVP of Development revises and builds upon established reports and procedures

• Utilizes the various reporting capabilities within the Raiser’s Edge database to run reports

• Maintains established reports and procedures

• Develops and prepares highly segmented data files through accurate exports

• Processes all donations and provide information to Finance to ensure accurate financial reporting

• Researches and develops new prospects for giving

• Assists in Donor Relations efforts

• Oversees calendar management, timekeeping, and expense tracking for the department

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree is required. Bachelors preferred.

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a fundraising/development environment, preferably with Raiser’s Edge NXT software, marketing or related field.

• Strong office and computer skills including expert level proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word.

• Demonstrated experience with Raiser’s Edge database or a similar program required.

• Excellent organizational, communication, writing, and time management skills are essential.

Disclaimer

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties, responsibilities, or qualifications. Management reserves the right to modify or assign other duties as necessary.

Compensation

• $30.22 - $38.46 Hourly

• Benefits include health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and professional development opportunities.

Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)